Our Container Capacity Insight provides a weekly assessment of cancelled sailings and container capacity across four major trades and port congestion by region. Port waiting information is powered by Drewry AIS data.
CFRI was the first global source of container spot market freight rates on all the major routes and remains a trusted reference for importers, exporters, freight forwarders and other industry stakeholders requiring up-to-date and independently researched container shipping cost benchmarks.
Monthly analysis and key insights covering global airfreight capacity, demand and load factors by major route. East-West airfreight rate benchmarks on 136 airport-to-airport lanes.
Customised Real Time Benchmarking · Latest release 01 Feb 2026
Exclusive to shippers only: Allows Club members to confidentially benchmark their contract shipping costs against their peers and includes access to our spot rate service, Container Freight Rate Insight (CFRI).
Online market intelligence resource to help shippers, forwarders, carriers, port authorities and terminal operators keep up to date with the vast Intra-Asian container shipping markets.
01 Apr 26: The increasing volatility in freight rates caused by the Iran war is not comparable in scale to the extreme freight rate inflation of the Covid period, analysis from Drewry Shipping Consultants shows.
31 Mar 26: International general airfreight rates surge by up to 95% (Feb to Mar) as reduced airfreight capacity and higher fuel prices caused by the Iran War threaten to bring prices back to Covid record levels.
Drewry’s investment research team updates its independent assessment of the financial health of the box shipping industry. The full report is now available to purchase online.